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AMNA / A new transitional 'unity' government that will serve under new
Prime Minister Lucas Papademos was sworn in during a ceremony at the
presidential mansion in central Athens on Friday afternoon. Broadly,
most Cabinet members served in the previous government of George
Papandreou. Nevertheless, the new coalition government also includes
six members hailing from the main opposition New Democracy party and
four from the right-of-centre Popular Orthodox Rally (LA.O.S) party.

In total, 48 people including the prime minister make up the new
government, seven more than its immediate predecessor. There are 12 new
ministers in its ranks, of which nine have been sworn into government
office for the first time, including the new premier. (www.amna.gr)

Ministries that changed hands include that of the interior, which has
gone to Tassos Yiannitsis of PASOK, the foreign ministry that has gone to
ND's Stavros Dimas, a former EU Commissioner, while the national defence
portfolio was given to ND's Dimitris Avramopoulos, with PASOK's Yiannis
Ragoussis and LAOS' George Georgiou as alternate ministers. In place
of Ragoussis at the infrastructure ministry is LAOS's Makis Voridis,
whereas Minister of State Elias Mossialos has been replaced by George
Stavropoulos with a second individual due to be announced for the post
of government spokesman in the next few days.

Avramopoulos resigned his Parliament seat to assume the post, fulfilling
a pledge by New Democracy that no members of its Parliament group will
serve in the transitional government.

Other changes include the removal of Fofi Gennimata from the education
ministry to the post of Alternate Interior Minister, with ND's
Constantine Arvanitopoulos taking her place as alternate education
minister. ND's Yiannis Mourmouras, until now economic advisor to
ND leader Antonis Samaras, has been added as deputy minister to the
finance ministry team, which remains in the hands of Evangelos Venizelos
as minister.

LAOS's Adonis Georgiadis has been made deputy minister at the development
ministry, while ND's Dimitris Vartzopoulos has been appointed deputy
minister at the health ministry, ND's Petros Alevizatos is now deputy
minister at the culture ministry and LAOS' Asterios Rodoulis is deputy
agriculture minister.

Six members of the previous government have not been included in the
new cabinet, including Haris Kastanidis (former interior minister),
Stavros Lambrinidis (foreign ministry), Panos Beglitis (defence), Ilias
Mossialos (minister of state), and the former deputy minister Christos
Aidonis and Angelos Tolkas.

The composition of the new government, as compiled by the Athens News
Agency (AMNA), is as follows: